Present tense verbs. What is a verb? A verb is a word that shows action or existence.

Present tense Present tense

verbsverbs

What is a verb?

A A verb is a word is a word that shows that shows action

or existence.

They are action words!

TirarTo throw

CorrerTo run

NadarTo swim

A A verb expresses feelings expresses feelingsand emotions…and emotions…

Estar tristeTo be sad

Estar bravoTo be mad

Estar enamoradoTo be in love

and other non movement words likeand other non movement words like

thinking

believing

having an idea…

and and beingbeing!! Ser-to be

A A verbverb is what is what you you do, think do, think andand are are!!

In English, you can tell a word is a verb if you can insert the word “to”in front of it.

He walks to the office. to walk

He sings in the boat. to sing

He runs with the ball. to run

In Spanish, a verb ends in either “ar”, “er” or “ir”

Montar en bicicleta

Leer un libro bueno

Recibir un diploma.

When the verb ends in “r” it is called the infinitive.

When looking up a verb in the dictionary you would look it up in the infinitive form.

With the infinitive form you know what the action is but you don’t know who is doing the action.

EsquiarTo ski Hablar

To talk

NadarTo swim

In order to tell who (the person) is doing the action, and when (the tense) someone is doing the action you

must conjugate the verb.

When the verb is conjugated you know…

1.What Is being done (the verb)

2. Who is doing it (the conjugation ending)

3. And when (the tense).

To conjugate the verb you change the ending.

To walk →He walks

To talk →She talks

In English, conjugations in the present tense only change by

adding an “s”To walkI walk We walkYou walk You all walkHe or she walks they walk

In English, you must use the subject pronoun I, We, You, He, She, They in order to tell who is doing the action.

In Spanish, there is a In Spanish, there is a different verb ending verb ending for for every person. person.

Caminar To WalkCamino CaminamosI walk We walk

Caminas CamináisYou walk (Familiar) You all walk (Familiar)

Camina CaminanHe or she walks They walk

¿Camina usted? ¿Caminan ustedes? Do you walk? (formal) Do you all walk? (formal)

See the different endings….

Preguntas

1. What is a verb?1. What is a verb?

A word that shows action or existence.

What is the infinitive form What is the infinitive form of a verb?of a verb?

The verb ending in “r” in Spanish.

The verb before it is conjugated.

2.2.

3. What is a subject pronoun?3. What is a subject pronoun?

The word before the verb that says who is doing the action.

I, We, He, She, They, You

What is one thing you would What is one thing you would use the infinitive to do?use the infinitive to do?

Look up the verb in the dictionary.

4.4.

Are subject pronouns used Are subject pronouns used more in English or Spanish?more in English or Spanish?

English

5.5.

What are the subject What are the subject pronouns in English?pronouns in English?

I, we, you, he, she, they

6.6.

7. What does it mean to 7. What does it mean to conjugate a verb?conjugate a verb?

To change the verb from the infinitive form to show who is doing the action and when.

What is the What is the tense of the of the verb?verb?

It tells when the action is being done.

8.

What three pieces of What three pieces of information does the information does the conjugatedconjugated verb give you?verb give you?

1. What is being done.

2. Who is doing it.

3. When it is being done.

9.9.

What are the 3 possible verb What are the 3 possible verb endings in Spanish in the endings in Spanish in the

infinitive form??

ar, er and ir

10.10.

Talking About What People

Are Doing

When conjugating any verb, you start with the verb in the infinitive. In other words, the verb when it’s ending in “r”.

caminar

You will drop the ending of the verb and leave the stem.

caminar

stem

The last thing you do is add the appropriate verb ending.

camin

stem

camin

In Spanish to talk about yourselfor “I” the verb will end in o or oy.

Yo o

caminYo o

If you take away the word “yo”you still know “I” am the one

talking because the verb ends in “o”.

C

Yo corro Yo pinto

Yo soy

To say To say “we” are doing the are doing the action the verb ends in action the verb ends in

mos

Nosotros/Nosotras

To say To say “we” are doing the are doing the action the verb ends in action the verb ends in

Nosotros/Nosotras

mosmont el busara

Nosotros nadamos

Nosotros miramos

Nosotras patinamos

To say To say “he”“he” or or “she”“she” is doing the is doing the action the verb ends in action the verb ends in “e”“e” or or “a”.“a”.

le habl pintÉl eer Ella aar araÉl

and EllaÉl

To say To say “they”“they” areare doing the action doing the action

the verb ends in the verb ends in “n”“n”..

an or en

/EllasEllos

To say To say “they”“they” areare doing the action doing the action

the verb ends in the verb ends in “n”“n”..

v

nad

bailEllos

Ellos

Ellasen

an.

an.una película.er

ar

ar

Ellos/Ellas

Usually… you use the words for “you”tú and vosotrosusted and ustedes for asking personal questions

Did you know there were TWOways to say You in Spanish?

There is a formal way.

And an informal way.

To ask a friend or someone

you know well a question using “tú” the verb ends in “s” Hola ¿Cómo

estás José?

Tú

¿Estudias tú en la biblioteca?

¿Escribes tú con la pluma?

When asking a group of friends a question you use the vosotros form. form.

Here the the verb ends in Here the the verb ends in

áis, éis, or ís.Hola amigas¿Cómo estáis Vosotras??

Vosotros/Vosotras

¿Camináis mucho vosotros?

¿Miráis vosotros el partido?

When you are asking a person a When you are asking a person a question question formallyformally, using , using ““usted”” the verb ends in the verb ends in

““e”” or or ““a”” ((as in the as in the ““éél and ella”l and ella” form)form)

Mucho gusto¿Cómo está usted?

¿Lee usted mucho?

¿Toma usted café?

¿Tiene usted buena idea?

UstedesWhen you are asking more than When you are asking more than one person a question one person a question formally, , using using “ustedes” the verb ends in the verb ends in

“n” (as in the (as in the “ellos and ellas” form) form)

¿Comen ustedes en un restaurante?

¿Tienen ustedescalor?

¿Trabajan ustedesen una oficina?

Preguntas

1. What letter or letters would a 1. What letter or letters would a verb end in when talking about verb end in when talking about

yourself in Spanish?yourself in Spanish?

o or oy

2. What letters would a verb 2. What letters would a verb end in when talking about end in when talking about

yourself and your friends in yourself and your friends in Spanish?Spanish?

mos

3. What letter would a verb end 3. What letter would a verb end in when talking about “Maria” in in when talking about “Maria” in

Spanish?Spanish?

e or a

4. What letter would a verb end 4. What letter would a verb end in when talking about a man you in when talking about a man you

know in Spanish?know in Spanish?

e or a

5. What letter would a verb end 5. What letter would a verb end in when asking the friend you in when asking the friend you

are talking to a personal are talking to a personal question in Spanish?question in Spanish?

s

6. What letters would a verb 6. What letters would a verb end in when asking a personal end in when asking a personal

question to your group of friends question to your group of friends in Spanish?in Spanish?

áis, éis or ís

7. What letter would a verb end 7. What letter would a verb end in when asking your friend’s in when asking your friend’s

mother a question about herself mother a question about herself in Spanish?in Spanish?

e or a

8. What letter would a verb end 8. What letter would a verb end in when talking about Juan and in when talking about Juan and

MarMaríaía in Spanish? in Spanish?

n

9. What letters would a verb end 9. What letters would a verb end in when talking about you and in when talking about you and your classmates in Spanish?your classmates in Spanish?

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Tienes 5 segundos

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áis, éis, ís

sYo 12345

o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

s

Él 12345

o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

s

Tú 12345

o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

s

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o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

sNosotros

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o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

sEllos 12345

o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

s

Ella 12345

o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

sUds. 12345

o or oy

e or a

n

mos

áis, éis, ís

sVosotros

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o or oy

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¡Muy bien!

¡Adiós!